Study Staff Questions

Any individuals working with animals or providing animal husbandry or care (except for facility staff) should be listed as personnel on the IACUC Protocol Form.

The following factors have no bearing on the regulatory requirement, that persons who are working with animals be listed and reviewed by the IACUC, to ensure they meet qualifications for conducting animal research:

• Undergrad students
• Graduate students
• Volunteers

Permitted time period students/volunteers can help with a project:

• One month
• One week
• One day

Yes. The faculty mentor must be listed as the Principal Investigator (PI) on the IACUC submission.

That’s ok. You can submit with just those individuals you know will be involved and get approved to start your research. Once the additional persons are identified, then submit an amendment to add research personnel.

NOTE: Added personnel cannot begin working on the research project until they are approved by the IACUC.

That’s ok. You can submit with just those individuals who are compliant with requirements, like CITI training, and get approved to start your research. Once the additional person has completed the requirements, then submit an amendment to add research personnel.

NOTE: Added personnel cannot begin working on the research project until they are approved by the IACUC.

Individuals are checked for:

• Their qualifications to conduct the research;
• Their CITI training completion;
• Any conflict of interest related to the research project; and
• Their enrollment in the Occupational Health Program (OHP).

Individuals who are compliant with the requirements will experience a short turn-around-time (usually 1-3 business days). Applications with missing CV, training, occupational health enrollment, or COI disclosures will experience delays until those items are completed.